[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 764 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 764

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum 
                                 wage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 1995

   Mr. Wynn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
          Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum 
                                 wage.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.

    Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
206(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not 
        less than $4.25 an hour during the period ending 6 months after 
        the date of the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards 
        Amendments of 1995, $4.50 an hour during the succeeding year, 
        $4.75 during the succeeding year, $5.00 during the succeeding 
        year, and $5.25 thereafter;''.
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